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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life.
In-Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com's message of 7 Apr 91 03:55:26 GMT
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In article <1991Apr7.035526.26356@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

	    3. Microphone can be activated from the network, removing the need
	       for expensive surveilance equipment.

Maybe this is why the CIA is rumored to have bought 200 of them :-).

   And, the number one advantage of the NeXT:

	    1. Snob appeal of being able to afford the applications.

Snob. You're a snob for liking the NeXT?  It's more like you're a snob
for saying.  Yeah, I can do the same thing with a Mac.  All I have to
do it spend $$$ to get a large display, $$$$ for an 040 upgrade, add a
DSP, spend $$$ to get Unix, and more $$$$ to get enough disk space and
RAM to actually use it, last but not least $$$ to get an ethernet
card.

Of course the Amiga still isn't taken seriously in the business world
so it doesn't matter how good the machine is or gets.  I have the
Commodore Amiga Buyer's Guide to software & accessories(Volume 5) here
and Entertainment is by far the biggest section.  What else should I
look at on the Amiga besides the Killing Game Show?

You call it snob appeal because NeXT produces a great machine that is
getting some serious business applications, I think it is a bit of
jealousy because Commdore has had a great machine out for 5 years, and
the Amiga still doesn't get much respect.

If you want an analogy for the the Amiga, it is the Rodney Dangerfield
of computers.

-Mike